Sure, this week’s new releases spotlight starts off with the Avett Brothers, who just unleashed a full album of downer tunes. But even downer tunes can occasionally be delightful. Indeed, we’re digging into some music this week that delivers pure […]
The opening song on Brian Whelan’s latest, Sugarland (released March 25 on Line in the Sound Records), begins innocently enough. It’s a fairly typical rock and roll song start-up: there is the power chord from the rev-up of an electric guitar, with […]
With instrumental abilities that made him a key member of Dwight Yoakam’s band, a voice reminiscent of Jackson Browne and a Top 10 lyrical streak that makes him seem like he’s been writing hook-laden hits for years – Brian Whelan […]
For his sustained excellence as a songwriter and as a bandleader, there is no other musician touring now like Dwight Yoakam. He has released two records in the last three years that sound as innovative and distinct from contemporary country […]
In 2010, I attended a show at Seattle’s Crocodile headlined by Kate Tucker, a great-looking singer who makes great-sounding music. She sounded fine that night, but there was a kittenish plasticity about her stage presence that was rather off-putting and […]
